Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Life Expectancy and Energy Consumption: Countries and U.S. States

Life Expectancy and Energy Use: Countries and U.S. States
(All data are from the year 2006.)

Country / State

Life expectancy at birth (years)

Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)

Japan

82.32

4,503

Switzerland

81.51

4,301

Iceland

81.17

14,329

Hawaii

81.13

6,547

Italy

81.08

3,496

Australia

81.04

6,977

Spain

80.80

4,061

Sweden

80.77

6,193

Minnesota

80.62

8,908

France

80.56

4,554

Canada

80.36

10,765

Norway

80.33

10,351

Israel

80.30

3,113

Singapore

80.14

12,014

New Zealand

79.99

5,323

New York

79.95

5,148

Utah

79.89

7,678

California

79.86

5,854

Massachusetts

79.86

5,793

Austria

79.84

4,717

Connecticut

79.81

6,118

New Hampshire

79.75

6,015

Netherlands

79.70

6,322

Colorado

79.69

7,550

Washington

79.64

8,119

Vermont

79.58

6,645

Iowa

79.53

10,236

Belgium

79.48

6,680

Greece

79.41

3,506

North Dakota

79.40

16,231

Ireland

79.39

4,369

Nebraska

79.31

9,420

Cyprus

79.29

3,897

Wisconsin

79.27

8,223

New Jersey

79.23

7,575

Finland

79.23

6,369

Rhode Island

79.19

5,133

Luxembourg

79.18

10,688

Florida

79.17

6,433

United Kingdom

79.14

4,075

Germany

79.13

4,473

United Arab Emirates

79.07

14,556

South Dakota

79.06

8,691

Idaho

79.03

8,860

South Korea

78.97

4,873

Arizona

78.95

6,257

Oregon

78.72

7,590

Costa Rica

78.66

1,098

Maine

78.55

8,774

Malta

78.55

2,621

Portugal

78.38

2,576

Illinois

78.38

7,782

Virginia

78.37

8,394

United States

78.30

8,431

Chile

78.29

1,956

Montana

78.20

11,420

Texas

78.18

12,643

Alaska

78.15

28,027

Denmark

78.10

4,065

Kansas

78.08

9,609

Cuba

78.04

884

Delaware

77.99

8,883

New Mexico

77.98

8,865

Maryland

77.94

6,534

Pennsylvania

77.85

7,991

Michigan

77.82

7,479

Slovenia

77.67

4,055

Kuwait

77.60

11,839

Ohio

77.33

8,558

Wyoming

77.30

23,635

Brunei Darussalam

77.13

12,150

Indiana

77.06

11,443

North Carolina

77.04

7,555

Missouri

77.00

8,258

Nevada

76.98

7,751

Georgia

76.78

8,487

Barbados

76.66

1,902

Czech Republic

76.48

4,450

South Carolina

76.35

9,939

Albania

76.34

865

Belize

76.00

1,413

Arkansas

75.88

10,266

Croatia

75.88

2,321

Kentucky

75.82

11,811

Tennessee

75.81

9,596

Uruguay

75.73

979

Oklahoma

75.67

11,292

Oman

75.51

4,464

Panama

75.40

1,785

West Virginia

75.33

11,554

Poland

75.14

2,521

District of Columbia

75.14

7,557

Argentina

75.03

1,990

Bosnia and Herzegovina

74.87

1,417

Ecuador

74.83

782

Alabama

74.82

11,751

Louisiana

74.72

22,581

Mexico

74.47

1,725

St. Lucia

74.39

811

Mississippi

74.32

10,566

Slovak Republic

74.20

3,763

Malaysia

74.05

2,641

Macedonia

73.99

1,390

Libya

73.98

3,326

Tunisia

73.90

828

Syria

73.90

1,081

Vietnam

73.70

419

Venezuela

73.37

3,136

Armenia

73.15

1,705

Hungary

73.09

2,891

Bahamas

72.91

5,560

Peru

72.83

543

Bulgaria

72.61

3,061

Colombia

72.59

752

Estonia

72.57

4,414

Saudi Arabia

72.50

6,427

Nicaragua

72.48

323

Mauritius

72.43

1,115

Jamaica

72.30

1,495

Seychelles

72.22

3,921

Romania

72.18

1,896

Jordan

72.10

1,314

Dominican Republic

72.03

729

Brazil

72.01

1,291

Data Sources:

American Human Development Project. (2010). Health Care Doesn't Have to Cost an Arm and a Leg: 29 Reasons for Optimism from Comparisons between Countries and U.S. States. Retrieved from http://www.measureofamerica.org/healthcare/